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Find the slope-intercept form from the two points (0,8)
and (1, 10).

User FredericJacobs
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Answer:

y = 2x + 8

Explanation:

We want an equation of the form y = mx + b (slope-intercept).

Look what happens to x as we go from (0, 8) to (1, 10): x increases by 1. This is the 'run' as we calculate the slope.

At the same time, y increases by 2 from 8 to 10.

The slope is defined as m = rise / run, and here is m = 2/1, or m = 2.

Write out y = mx + b and substitute 2 for m: y = 2x + b.

To find the y-intercept, substitute 0 (from (0, 8) ) for x and 8 for y:

8 = 2(0) = b, so b = 8, and the desired equation is

y = 2x + 8

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